This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Text copyright © 2020 by Jessica Cluess

Cover art copyright © 2020 by Sasha Vinogradova

Map art by Sveta Dorosheva

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Cluess, Jessica, author.

Title: House of dragons / Jessica Cluess.

Description: First edition. | New York : Random House, [2020] | Summary: “When the emperor dies, the five royal houses of Etrusia attend the calling, where one of their own will be selected to compete for the throne”—Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019018244 | ISBN 978-0-525-64815-4 (hardcover) | ISBN 978-0-525-64816-1 (lib. bdg.) | ISBN 978-0-593-30544-7 (int’l) | ISBN 978-0-525-64817-8 (ebook)

Subjects: | CYAC: Kings, queens, rulers, etc.—Fiction. | Contests—Fiction. | Dragons—Fiction. | Fantasy.

Classification: LCC PZ7.1.C596 Hou 2020 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

Ebook ISBN 9780525648178

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